“A Comparison of the Most Popular Origin Beliefs”

©2007 Creation Engineering Concepts

Here follows a comparison of the five most popular Origin Belief Systems. Since this is a biblical creationist website the biblical creation position is shown in red and is identified with the number 1, before each of the other four positions, which are printed in different colors and are identified with the numbers 2 through 5. The intent is to allow easy comparison of the biblical creationist position to each of the other viewpoints.

1. BIBLICAL CREATIONISM (YOUNG EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Creation scientists

            b. What is the history?  Since creation ~ 6,000 years

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from?  Created by God

            e. How about lifeform variety?  God created life with enough information within kinds

            f. How did man originate?  God made from dust at time of creation

            g. How many races are there?  Only one – the human race

            h. How about origin of the earth & universe?  God created everything within six days

            i. How are days of creation explained?  Ordinary approx. 24 hour days

            j. What is the age of the earth?  Approximately 6,000 years

            k. What is the age of the universe?  Approximately 6,000 years

            l. How about dinosaurs?  Made on day six along with other animals and man

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  God’s punishment for man’s sin

            n. Is there a moral authority?  Yes, the Bible

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  Inerrant & authoritative

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  Cataclysmic & worldwide

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  Evidence for Noah’s Flood

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  Evidence for God’s judgment & Noah’s Flood

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  Large barge-like vessel

2.  INTELLIGENT DESIGN BIOLOGY (OLD/YOUNG EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Intelligent design movement

            b. What is the history?  Since Natural Theology of William Paley (1802)

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from?  From a designer

            e. How about lifeform variety?  No consistent answer (NCA)

            f. How did man originate?  NCA

            g. How many races are there?  NCA

            h. How about origin of earth & universe?  NCA

            i. How are days of creation explained?  NCA

            j. What is the age of the earth?  NCA

            k. What is the age of the universe?  NCA

            l. How about dinosaurs?  NCA

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  NCA

            n. Is there a moral authority?  NCA

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  NCA

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  NCA

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  NCA

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  NCA

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  NCA

1. BIBLICAL CREATIONISM (YOUNG EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Creation scientists

            b. What is the history?  Since creation ~ 6,000 years

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from?  Created by God

            e. How about lifeform variety?  God created life with enough information within kinds

            f. How did man originate?  God made from dust at time of creation

            g. How many races are there?  Only one – the human race

            h. How about origin of the earth & universe?  God created everything within six days

            i. How are days of creation explained?  Ordinary approx. 24 hour days

            j. What is the age of the earth?  Approximately 6,000 years

            k. What is the age of the universe?  Approximately 6,000 years

            l. How about dinosaurs?  Made on day six along with other animals and man

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  God’s punishment for man’s sin

            n. Is there a moral authority?  Yes, the Bible

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  Inerrant & authoritative

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  Cataclysmic & worldwide

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  Evidence for Noah’s Flood

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  Evidence for God’s judgment & Noah’s Flood

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  Large barge-like vessel

3.  THEISTIC EVOLUTION (OLD EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Churches & theologians

            b. What is the history?  At least since Augustine (430 AD)

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from?  God created it and it then evolved

            e. How about lifeform variety?  From natural selection and mutations

            f. How did man originate?  From ape-like ancestors

            g. How many races are there?  Four

            h. How about origin of the earth & universe?  God used big bang

            i. How are the days of creation explained?  Idea is a myth

            j. What is the age of the earth? About 4.5 billion years

            k. What is the age of the universe?  Between 12 and 20 billion years

            l. How about dinosaurs?  Evolved and went extinct about 65 million years ago

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  Always a part of life

            n. Is there a moral authority?  Maybe Bible

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  No consistent answer

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  Local flood in Middle East

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  Evidence for millions of years

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  Evidence for evolution

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  Modest vessel or myth

1. BIBLICAL CREATIONISM (YOUNG EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Creation scientists

            b. What is the history?  Since creation ~ 6,000 years

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from?  Created by God

            e. How about lifeform variety?  God created life with enough information within kinds

            f. How did man originate?  God made from dust at time of creation

            g. How many races are there?  Only one – the human race

            h. How about origin of the earth & universe?  God created everything within six days

            i. How are days of creation explained?  Ordinary approx. 24 hour days

            j. What is the age of the earth?  Approximately 6,000 years

            k. What is the age of the universe?  Approximately 6,000 years

            l. How about dinosaurs?  Made on day six along with other animals and man

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  God’s punishment for man’s sin

            n. Is there a moral authority?  Yes, the Bible

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  Inerrant & authoritative

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  Cataclysmic & worldwide

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  Evidence for Noah’s Flood

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  Evidence for God’s judgment & Noah’s Flood

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  Large barge-like vessel

4.  PROGRESSIVE CREATION (OLD EARTH):

            a. Who are the proponents?  Day Age scientists and theologians

            b. What is the history?  Since about 1800

            c. What is the public acceptance?  Confusion

            d. Where did life come from? God created life in spurts

            e. How about lifeform variety?  God created separately

            f. How did man originate?  God made man supernaturally

            g. How many races are there?  Only one – the human race

            h. How about origin of the earth & universe?  God used big bang

            i. How are the days of creation explained?  Each day is millions of years

            j. What is the age of the earth?  About 4.5 billion years

            k. What is the age of the universe?  Between 12 – 20 billion years

            l. How about dinosaurs?  Created and went extinct 65 million years ago

            m. How about death, disease & suffering?  Always a part of life

            n. Is there a moral authority?  Yes, the Bible

            o. What is the view of the Bible?  Inerrant as properly interpreted by experts

            p. What about Noah’s Flood?  Located in Middle East

            q. How are the geologic layers explained?  Evidence for millions of years

            r. What does the fossil record tell us?  Evidence for millions of years of creation

            s. How about Noah’s ark?  Modest vessel or myth